
Effect of different water deficit and foliar spray of zinc and silicon treatments of chemical composition of maize
Author(s) -
A. Abdelgalil,
Ahmed Ali Mustafa,
Sajed Ali,
Omar M. Yassin
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
current chemistry letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.196
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1927-7296
pISSN - 1927-730X
DOI - 10.5267/j.ccl.2022.2.001
Subject(s) - zinc , silicon , irrigation , chemical composition , chemistry , agronomy , field experiment , horticulture , crop , biology , organic chemistry
Field experiments were carried out for two consecutive seasons at the Experimental Shandaweel Agricultural Research Station, Sohag Governorate, Upper Egypt, during the growing seasons of 2013 and 2014, to study the effect of irrigation intervals and foliar spray of zinc and silicon treatments on chemical composition of maize. Results indicated that scheduling at every 10 days produced the N% , Crude protein%, Cu%, P%, K%, Zn%, Si%, Mn% and Fe% and foliar spray of zinc and silicon treatments produced the highest chemical composition of maize crop. The best N%, Crude protein%, Cu% and Mn were obtained from zinc + silicon treatments followed by zinc, silicon treatments. In contrast, untreated treatments produced the lowest values. It can be concluded that the scheduling at every 10 days and application of foliar spray of zinc + silicon treatments as the effective one could be recommended for scheduling irrigation at every 10 days with application of foliar spray of zinc, silicon or zinc +silicon treatments of maize crop at Shandaweel Agricultural Research Station, Sohag Governorate, Upper Egypt to obtain the best results from chemical composition of maize.